@ Lestat : If most of the Phoenix play dishonor with the new Sh, if most of Lion play the new SH too without Senzo, this card worth a place only for Iron Will ? May be for the Crab Hauting the Daughter.

I don't know about the Swift/Iron stuff, but Swift is definitely a card we discussed at Toulouse Kotei with an agreement : if one could find slot in a deck, it would devastating ; alas, we don't have this slot. I disagree with Ben Tetsuo saying that it's useless 99% of the time.

Well, against Lion it's not totally useless, we have Senzo and Obfuscation. But against Breeder and Embassy, yes, it is.I don't know, I will play 3x3x at my first deck, it's too temptating .

I also think it's very hard to play a good switch/honor against breeder/crane, but it can be tested. One of the decks I'll try to create is a Paragon version of the Ultra-bow deck, it had a lot of success against breeder But then of course, I'll have to get something against Crane...

- Iron Will will be a godammit good card especially against the steel on steel - Merciless Tactics is the best meta you can find with Determined Force against non opposite defense from honor decks- A Pure Heart is a good too meta aginst some kind of Outer Walls and all.

The problem is when you try to play all this meta + breeder meta + your battles + your bushido virtues together in a fate of 40 cards ...... and that's what we will do ;p

Reaction: After another player targets your Paragon with a Battle actionperformed by a personality with lower Personal Honor: The action's costs are ignored and its effects are negated. That player may take an additional Battle action.

Well, it's not that true. Check Crane's PH on a Kotei winner. This one, for example:http://l5rdecksinternet.blogspot.com/2011/04/grulla-1-kotei-2011-tuscon-56-personas.html15 personalities with ph3. Ok, he's not playing Idzuki, but more than half of them will have less honor than a paragon deck And with BtW, the new magistrate 8G has 3ph, and the only 4ph it's the bird without battle, so I don't think it's going to be a problem.That's why my true fear with this deck is the Maiden one. With the Ultra-bow deck, it was the worse pairing possible, and with the new Shamate, it's as dangerous as with that one, or even more.

By the way, I recommend you to check that website (http://l5rdecksinternet.blogspot.com/). It's in spanish, but it has a very nice backup of almost every deck that's been posted this season.